we ve also got more on the three victims including the mother who was killed, quote, for nothing, and the 19-year-old whose father said he hadn t even lived his life yet. a storm taking aim at millions of americans along the atlantic and the gulf coast. tropical storm idalia is expected to swell to a category 3 hurricane before it slams into florida roughly 36 hours from now. we have the very latest coming up. we start with the big breaking news out of washington, d.c. the judge in donald trump s election conspiracy case scheduling the start of his trial for march 4th of next year. that s the day before super tuesday, a move that appears to put this trial at the front of the pack, meaning it theoretically could be divided before republican voters settle on their nominee. the government previously estimated the whole trial would take 4-6 weeks, meaning on the outside it would be done by mid april. for perspective, trump didn t clinch the republican nomination in 2016 until
lace out dames of the investigation to the former president and the most serious charges he s now facing. breaking news, into cnn this hour, prosecutors in georgia have opened a, investigation. into former president trump. why because of his january phone call to the georgia secretary of state. to influence the 2020 georgia federal election. donald trump got beaten by joe biden handily. he went on the war path like a scolded child to do anything he could to detrot that election. they total from us the georgia election and i m not going to let it. bold face lie again and again and again. three months after the election the district attorney in fulton county georgia, fonni willis officially opened an investigation into former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the election results. this is a federal election, i plan to use the power of the law. because i sit here in this jurisdiction it s my responsibility. fonni willis is known as a prosecutor s pro
racially motivated and he hated black people. the shooter then turned the gun on snow himself and shot himself. no other individuals were injured in the attack. the suspected shooter, according to police, saint manifesto s detailing racial hatred to law enforcement, to media outlets, and to his parents. the fbi has said it is now investigating this attack as a hate crime. moments go, we learned that president biden has been briefed on the shooting. msnbc news correspondent marissa parra has the latest. a dollar general store in jacksonville, florida has become a crime scene after a shooting spree it local sheriff s office coles racially motivated. they say a white man turned at gun on three black people, killing them, before turning pink on himself. they detailed it manifested that was sent to local law enforcement as well as local media, even his, unparalleled in his desire to kill black people. using the n-word several times. this press conference was illuminating and d
going to the dollar general, the was spotted at edward waters university a, historically black college. but, security chased him away and alerted authorities. jacksonville sheriff s office to showed security images showing the gunman and the dollar general parking lot just minutes later. the shooting at a car 11 times killing his first victim. he then stormed into the store and you can see that here, wearing a taft vest holding an ar-15 rifle with swastikas on them. police say the weapons he used were purchased legally, we re going to talk more about that in a moment. but, i want you to hear with sheriff t.k. waters said today about the shooters who disgusting ideology of hate. the manifesto is quite frankly the diary of a mad man. he was, i mean he was just completely irrational. but, was it irrational thoughts, he knew what he was doing. he had 100%, he was 100% lucid, he knew what he was doing. again, it is disappointing that anyone will go to these lengths to hurt som
thousands of people joined the march on washington for jobs, justice, and freedom. today people gathered on the national mall to say this is not a commemoration, but a continuation of that very fight. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. and i have something to say. this week, the world laid eyes on something we ve never seen before. the mugshot of a former american president. former president donald j trump turned himself into fulton county jail on thursday. s relating to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. in addition to having his mugshot taken, his fingerprinted, he was issued an identification number. and he was released on a 200,000 dollar bond. within hours, the image was broadcast across television, across social media, it was in blazed into t-shirts and even coffee mugs. it was splashed across the front pages of the world s leading newspapers. and that s because the image on your screen right now, this isn t just a picture.